Holi is a Hindu festival in northern India that celebrates the coming of spring on the lunar calendar. Celebrants spray each other with colors. It can get pretty raucous. Indian-American writer Deepak Singh remembers Holi as a kid in Lucknow, and thinks about what it would be like to celebrate at his current home, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The recent deaths of 23 Indian schoolchildren was just the latest chapter in the country's long and troubled relationship with chemical pesticides. Host Carol Hills speaks about the problem with journalist Meera Subramanian.

Kabul businesswoman Hassina Syed thinks talks with the Taliban are critical for the Afghan economy. She heads The Syed Group. Syed tells anchor Marco Werman that as US military forces leave her country, she's already lost the majority of her business.

The trial of five men accused of gang-raping and murdering a young woman has started in Delhi.That attack has caused outrage across India and around the world. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World's Rhitu Chatterjee in Delhi.

Thousands of women rallied in Delhi, India, in the latest protest following the brutal rape of a 23-year-old student. The victim died over the weekend. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Jatin Anand, a reporter for The Hindustan Times.

A brutal gang rape and beating of a young woman on a public bus in India has the nation clamoring for justice. Marco Werman speaks with Rupa Jha who hosts a Hindi language program for the BBC about why this case has transfixed India.

Holi is a Hindu festival in northern India that celebrates the coming of spring on the lunar calendar. Celebrants spray each other with colors. It can get pretty raucous. Indian-American writer Deepak Singh remembers Holi as a kid in Lucknow, and thinks about what it would be like to celebrate at his current home, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

A brutal gang rape and beating of a young woman on a public bus in India has the nation clamoring for justice. Marco Werman speaks with Rupa Jha who hosts a Hindi language program for the BBC about why this case has transfixed India.

Thousands of women rallied in Delhi, India, in the latest protest following the brutal rape of a 23-year-old student. The victim died over the weekend. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Jatin Anand, a reporter for The Hindustan Times.

The trial of five men accused of gang-raping and murdering a young woman has started in Delhi.That attack has caused outrage across India and around the world. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World's Rhitu Chatterjee in Delhi.

Kabul businesswoman Hassina Syed thinks talks with the Taliban are critical for the Afghan economy. She heads The Syed Group. Syed tells anchor Marco Werman that as US military forces leave her country, she's already lost the majority of her business.

The recent deaths of 23 Indian schoolchildren was just the latest chapter in the country's long and troubled relationship with chemical pesticides. Host Carol Hills speaks about the problem with journalist Meera Subramanian.